More Food Styling for Photographers & Stylists

CHAPTER TWO

Beer and Cocktails

BEER

Styling and photographing beer is a very specialized field and some shooters go to great lengths to get the perfect image for their client or portfolio. Special rigging like bottomless mugs or mugs rigged with drain tubes, and specialized pouring methods and equipment, including tubes and funnels, make it all work. It’s interesting because if you get two photographers who shoot beer involved in a conversation about their methods, you would find few similarities. Most stylists and photographers who shoot beer on a regular basis have developed their own rigs and techniques.

When on a food styling assignment ...